With my 5D and with default/auto settings and a Sigma aspherical 28-200 lens ("old" focal length values) I was wondering if there was any way to get "everything long distance" in focus if I am shooting long distance landscape only. I must admit I have not done too much of this since I had the lens serviced so cannot comment on the current state of affairs.
thanks Ron. Of course I was much more into the hyperfocal distance method when I was using the old manual focus Minoltas. I was just wondering if there were optimum settings for the 5D such that when photographing say a lot of long distance buildings from a high point, e.g. for a London or Paris cityscape, how could I get all of them in focus and not just the actual one the autofocus goes for?
Switch of AF and manually focus, or switch from continuous/auto AF to single AF, focus on the point where you have determined will be the point of Hyperfocal distance, hold the shutter button and recompose to take in the full vista and shoot. You're basically going back to the basics you had with your manual film cameras, it is sometimes the issue with auto everything cameras, we get so reliant on them and their abilities we forget that for some things the basics still work.
The way I normally cope with landscapes (even on digital) is using my wide prime, 24mm or wide zoom 17 - 35 and the second method above. The wide angles helping with the depth of field.
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